Animals of Rwanda

73 animals on World Animal Map have open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records from Rwanda on GBIF: 44 birds, 26 mammals, 1 reptiles, 1 insects & other invertebrates, 1 sharks & fish. Species marked “introduced” are listed as non-native there by GRIIS checklists. Show on the world map

All 73 animals by group

Big cats 1

• Lion Panthera leo

Elephants 1

• African bush elephant Loxodonta africana

Rhinos 1

• White rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum

Hippos, giraffes & zebras 3

• Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius
• Masai giraffe Giraffa tippelskirchi
• Plains zebra Equus quagga

Antelopes, wild cattle, sheep & goats 3

• African buffalo Syncerus caffer
• Impala Aepyceros melampus
• Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus

Great apes 2

• Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes
• Eastern gorilla Gorilla beringei

Monkeys 5

• Angola colobus Colobus angolensis
• Blue monkey Cercopithecus mitis
• L'Hoest's monkey Allochrocebus lhoesti
• Olive baboon Papio anubis
• Vervet monkey Chlorocebus pygerythrus

Bats 7

• Damara woolly bat Kerivoula argentata
• Egyptian fruit bat Rousettus aegyptiacus
• Geoffroy's horseshoe bat Rhinolophus clivosus
• Long-haired fruit bat Rousettus lanosus
• Rhinolophus hilli Rhinolophus hilli
• Straw-coloured fruit bat Eidolon helvum
• Sundevall's roundleaf bat Hipposideros caffer

Squirrels, chipmunks & marmots 2

• Boehm's bush squirrel Paraxerus boehmi
• Carruther's mountain squirrel Funisciurus carruthersi

Mice, rats & other rodents 1

• Northeast African mole-rat Tachyoryctes splendens

Birds of prey 11

• African fish eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
• Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
• Black kite Milvus migrans
• Black-winged kite Elanus caeruleus
• Common buzzard Buteo buteo
• Common kestrel Falco tinnunculus
• Crowned eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
• Hooded vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
• Lanner falcon Falco biarmicus
• Martial eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
• Tawny eagle Aquila rapax

Ducks, geese & swans 1

• Egyptian goose Alopochen aegyptiaca

Waders, gulls, terns & auks 2

• Common sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
• Wood sandpiper Tringa glareola

Seabirds, divers & grebes 2

• Great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
• Little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis

Herons, storks, cranes & flamingos 15

• African sacred ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
• Black heron Egretta ardesiaca
• Black-crowned night heron Nycticorax nycticorax
• Common moorhen Gallinula chloropus
• Glossy ibis Plegadis falcinellus
• Goliath heron Ardea goliath
• Great egret Ardea alba
• Grey crowned crane Balearica regulorum
• Grey heron Ardea cinerea
• Hadada ibis Bostrychia hagedash
• Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
• Little egret Egretta garzetta
• Purple heron Ardea purpurea
• Shoebill Balaeniceps rex
• Western cattle egret Ardea ibis

Pheasants, grouse & game birds 1

• Helmeted guinea fowl Numida meleagris

Pigeons & doves 1

• Laughing dove Spilopelia senegalensis

Woodpeckers, kingfishers, hornbills & toucans 2

• European bee-eater Merops apiaster
• Lilac-breasted roller Coracias caudatus

Crows, jays & magpies 1

• Pied crow Corvus albus

Songbirds & perching birds 8

• Barn swallow Hirundo rustica
• Common reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
• House sparrow Passer domesticus (introduced)
• Red-billed quelea Quelea quelea
• Spotted flycatcher Muscicapa striata
• Violet-backed starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
• Western yellow wagtail Motacilla flava
• Willow warbler Phylloscopus trochilus

Crocodiles & alligators 1

• Nile crocodile Crocodylus niloticus

Bony fish 1

• Clarias gariepinus Clarias gariepinus (introduced)

Grasshoppers, bugs & other insects 1

• Drosophila melanogaster Drosophila melanogaster

Presence means at least a few wild records with coordinates (and a minimum share of the species’ records, to exclude vagrants and escapes) in GBIF data licensed CC0 or CC BY 4.0. Some species may be missing where open data is scarce.